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Rock and a Hard Place
| Thu, 11-20-2003 - 10:45am |
There's something on this board that has been bothering me, and I hope I can articulate it.
| Thu, 11-20-2003 - 10:45am |
There's something on this board that has been bothering me, and I hope I can articulate it.
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"Kids are ushered through. Encouraging this type of comparisons at such an early age is absolutely counter productive."
You mean that children in your school system are promoted regardless of whether they have mastered the skills necessary to move to the next grade.
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Okay so what if he's too challenged by that peer group...does he give up and not try to do his best because he is constantly compared to people who are brighter, stronger, faster than he is so now is discouraged?
Okay so what if he's not challenged by that peer group....does he slack off in fear of being labeled to smart, too fast, too strong because now he's bored.
OR do you encourage the child to look within themselves and to compete with himself to be the best that he can be, to continue to progress at his rate and speed in learning?
PumpkinAngel
"I don't think children have to be taught how to be competitive at the age of 5 or 6 in order to be able to be competitive later on in life. "
Guess what?
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Laura
Reminds my of the catty mothers I ran into during my sahm days at Gymboree class, you know the ones who said things like....
"What do you mean he's not walking at 12 months...mine just completed the Boston Marathon" or
"What do you
PumpkinAngel
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